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Strategy Tester Results Chart has problems when using custom data...
Hi, I've created a custom EURUSD-M5 dataset which I've imported into MetaTrader 5 and want to use with the Strategy Tester. The data set loads fine into Metatrader without any problems or errors. The strategy Tester works fine with this data during the trading simulation processing stage. However
Is OnChartEvent() actually called during a "Stratagy Tester - Visual Testing" mode session?
Hi, I've written an Expert that contains a few graphical buttons to enable me to change certain trading parameters "on-the-fly". I then want to be able to press these buttons during a Strategy Tester - Visual Tester mode session. According to the documentation in
Changes in History Quality of simulations...
Hi, Several months ago, I carried out a number of simulations which reported a History Quality of 98%. I ran those same simulations again today on the same broker's platform and only had a History Quality percentage of 92%. I also had a large chunk of red in the "History Quality" bar. According to
Are Experts that are compiled on the latest version of MT5 guaranteed to work on earlier versions of MT5?
Hi, I was wondering if someone could help me with the following. I have modified several of my Experts and re-compiled them using the compiler from the latest build of MT5 (build 871). However, because the latest versions of MT5 crashes/freezes regularly (at this stage, it appears that these
Crash Logs..
Hi, With a lot of the new builds coming out, the build notes describing the build changes etc often contain the line " Fixed errors reported in crash logs". What are these crash logs - are they the windows crash logs or separate logs generated by MetaTrader? And where can they be found? Thanks in
Are you required to carry out a manual data check and/or resynchronisation before using Indicator data??
Hi, As many of you would be aware, you need to carry out a manual data check and/or re-synchronisation of your pricing data before doing a CopyOpen(), CopyHigh() etc if you want to ensure you have the most recent data available. However, what's the situation with accessing Indicator data using
64 bit MT5 build 858 locking up...
Hi, My broker released their 64 bit version of the MT5 build 858 yesterday and after upgrading from build 842 (which has been working fine) to this new version, MT5 sporadically locks up (i.e. freezes and becomes unresponsive). The only way of closing MT5 after this has occurred is killing it via
MQL5 Storage and file security
Hi, I've just been having a look at the MQL5 storage facility and it looks pretty good. My only concern with it however is security. When Committing files to the storage, are they automatically encrypted? If not, what's to stop a local Storage server Systems Administrator from pulling off all your
Strategy Tester speed issues...
Hi, I don't know about you guys but I've been experiencing extremely slow performance when using the strategy tester in "Every Tick" mode. One pass (i.e. no optimisation) of my Expert takes approximately 13 minutes (!) when testing on 6 years of data. It's quite a complex Expert so thinking that the
Timeseries access and documentation confusion re: CopyXXX() functions...
Hi, I'm experiencing a bit of "documentation confusion" I hope someone can help me with. The documentation for all CopyXXX() functions contains the following note: "Note When requesting data from the indicator, if requested timeseries are not yet built or they need to be downloaded from the server